Reactions follow the DEMOCRATA exclusive about the cancellation of the interview between Santiago Abascal and Jordi Wild. This outlet advanced the suspension to the 10:49 a.m., thirteen minutes before Vox issued its official statement on X, at 11:02. The news has been picked up afterward by outlets such as La Vanguardia, OKDIARIO, AS, Periodista Digital and La Bandera, which have addressed the party’s decision and its consequences in the middle of the pre-election campaign for the general elections of November 29.
The original information revealed that Abascal would not attend 'The Wild Project', Jordi Wild’s podcast, whose recording was scheduled for this Wednesday. The reason was the lack of agreement over the conditions demanded by Vox after its clash with RTVE and El Terrat over the 40 minutes removed from the interview of the leader of the party in 'La Revuelta', the program hosted by David Broncano.
According to the statement that DEMOCRATA obtained access to before its official publication, Vox had demanded that it have the full recording of the interview with Jordi Wild and be able to use it independently, a condition that the content creator did not accept by implying the loss of exclusive control over his work. Party sources clarified that there had been no “any breach by Jordi Wild” and justified the suspension by the need to protect Abascal’s image and reputation during the election campaign.
The 40 minutes removed from 'La Revuelta', at the origin of the controversy
The conflict that has ended up causing the cancellation of the interview with Jordi Wild began after Abascal’s participation in 'La Revuelta', broadcast on Monday on La 1. Vox accuses RTVE and El Terrat of breaching the agreed conditions and of refusing to hand over or publish the 40 minutes that were left out of the broadcast, including the fragments that were also not disseminated through RTVE Play.
The formation denounces that among the deleted answers there were interventions on health, defense of public services and energy. In the statement that this outlet accessed before being circulated, the party accused the public television channel of “seizing 40 minutes of responses” from its candidate and demanded that this material be made public.
The document also warned that Vox would modify the conditions for the next interviews of Abascal, requesting guarantees in order to have the recordings and use the responses of its candidate. That demand was precisely what prevented closing an agreement with Jordi Wild.
The cancellation changes Jordi Wild’s electoral interviews
The suspension comes when there are barely two days left before the start of the election campaign for the November 29. Jordi Wild had prepared a series of interviews with the main candidates for the Presidency of the Government, conceived as individual conversations that would be published on Friday, November 13, coinciding with the official start of the campaign.
Pedro Sánchez, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, Ada Colau and Santiago Abascal had agreed to take part in this format, with which the content creator intended to bring the election conversation to an audience especially linked to digital platforms. The withdrawal of the Vox leader changes that schedule and leaves one of the announced interviews unrecorded.
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In any case, Vox has wanted to expressly distance the suspension from Jordi Wild’s performance. According to the version conveyed by the party to DEMOCRATA, the cancellation responds exclusively to the lack of agreement over the usage rights of the recording and to the new requirements introduced after the controversy with Broncano.